Never miss a line, even when you're gone.
A bouncer keeps a connection to IRCForever open around the clock. Your client disconnects; the bouncer stays joined. When you come back, every message that happened while you were away is replayed in order.
Presence is the whole point of IRC. A bouncer protects it.
Close your laptop without leaving the channel. Keep one stable identity across every device. Read what you missed instead of guessing.
Stay connected 24/7
The bouncer holds your seat in every channel so you never flood join/part the moment your wifi blinks.
Full message playback
Reconnect and the bouncer replays everything said while you were away, with timestamps, in the right order.
Same nick everywhere
Phone, laptop, shell — attach from any client and it's one continuous session, not three ghosts of you.
Multi-client attach
Leave a session running at home and attach from the road. Detach without disconnecting from the network.
Encrypted end to end
Client-to-bouncer and bouncer-to-network both ride TLS. Your conversations stay between you and the network.
Highlight notifications
Get pinged on mentions and private messages even while detached, so the important lines find you.
Point your client at the bouncer, not the network.
Once your bouncer is approved you'll get a host, port and password. Add it to your IRC client as a new server using your account credentials.
Server / port
bnc.IRCForever.org · port 6697 · TLS on
Server password
Format username/network:password
Manage it in-chat
It's ZNC: /msg *status for status, /msg *controlpanel help to change settings.
Request a bouncer in three steps.
Requests go to managebot, which runs automated anti-abuse checks — email verification, IP & reputation, account-farming correlation — and approves low-risk requests instantly. Borderline ones are escalated to staff. One account per person; the whole flow happens in chat.
Ask managebot
In #IRCForever, send !bnc <username> <email>. The bot creates your ZNC account in a held state and emails you a verification code.
Verify your email
Click the link in the email, or send !verify <code> in chat. That confirms the address and kicks off the automated checks.
Get connected
Low-risk requests are approved on the spot; borderline ones go to staff. Once approved, point your client at the bouncer using the username and password you chose.